[Leica] IMG: Another Image From the Past

[lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)]

Very interesting Jim, thanks for sharing

Lluis

El 04/01/2013, a las 01:57, Jim Nichols escribi?:

> During WWII, service men frequently sent home B&W 8x10 photos to 
> commemorate completion of some phase of their training.  This one was sent 
> home by my mother's brother when he was training as a gunner aboard the 
> Navy Grumman TBF torpedo bomber.   His group went on to serve aboard the 
> USS Franklin in the South Pacific.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Navy+Training+Group.jpg.html
> 
> He is second from the right in the front row, where he marked an "X".
> 
> On October 30, 1944, the "Big Ben" was hit by a series of kamikaze 
> attacks.  My uncle was killed that day and buried at sea.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
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